 Tyler Sylvestre, M.Sc
Expertise
- Glaciological Research and Field work
- Working with Remote Sensing / GIS software and data
- Communication in peer-reviewed journals
- Conference presentations at national and international seminars
- Physical Geographic data interpretation, synthesis, and analysis
- Specialization in Cryospheric Science
- Teaching GIS and Physical Geographic concepts
Experience
Career in Cryospheric Science began in 2006 based on: Remote Sensing
measurements of Karakoram Himalayan surging glacier distributions;
Understanding St. Elias Icefield, Southern Yukon glacier and climatological
dynamics as part of B.Sc undergraduate thesis; Quantified glacier changes on
Bylot Island, Nunavut Canada since 1975; M.Sc thesis on the spatial
variability of snow accumulation patterns of the Belcher Glacier, Devon
Island, Nunavut Canada as part of the IPY GLACIODYN Project. Field
experience and living in remote locations over the last 3 years including
the Canadian High Arctic – Belcher Glacier, Devon Island for 5 weeks
(May 2008); Southern Yukon Kaskawulsh Glacier for 2 weeks (July 2006) and
Kluane Lake Research Base, Kluane Yukon (5 weeks July – August 2006).
Extensive experience with field measurements of glacier snow accumulation
and ice dynamics: operation of ground penetrating radar, snowpack sampling,
avalanche probe, gamma spectrometry, neutron probe measurements, borehole
drilling, surface velocity measurements with differential GPS. Knowledge in
working with Geomatics data, examples - Landsat (sensors – TM, MSS, ETM+),
ASTER, SPOT Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), MODIS, AVHRR, GRACE satellite
imagery, as well as aerial photography (DISP, NAPL). Authored academic
articles in peer reviewed refereed journals, in addition to publications in
non-refereed books and reports. Teaching and evaluating geomatics / GIS, and
Physical Geography classes at the undergraduate level. Languages: English,
French. With Canatec since early 2010.
Education
M.Sc. Physical Geography, Glaciology, U of Ottawa 2009
B.Sc. Environmental Science, U of Ottawa 2007
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